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A quiz over the scientific method
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What is the term for how you test your hypothesis?
Experiment
Bingo
Observation
Variables
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What is Biology?
The study of animals
The study of plants
The study of the earth
The study of life
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The last step in the scientific method is ________________.
Make an Observation
Analyze Data
Experiment
Draw conclusions
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What is the a predicted outcome to a research question?
a variable
evaluating
a hypothesis
subjective
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Which Characteristic: Fur/Hair color in mammals is determined by the DNA inside the animals' cells.
Universal genetic code
Using energy
Made of cells
Maintaining stable internal environment
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A hypothesis must be ______________.
a question
1000 words and double spaced
written in caps
testable
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What are data that are expressed as numbers, obtained by counting or measuring
Qualitative Data
Quantitative Data
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What is the goal of Science?
To change the world
To understand the world
To destroy the world
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A hypothesis is a(n) _____________ guess based on _______________ and your prior knowledge.
wild, supersitition
funny, jokes
uneducated, news
educated, observations
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The variable/observation that is measured in an experiment.
Dependent variable
Independent variable
Control
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The variable/group that remains the same in an experiment.
Independent variable
Dependent variable
Control
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What is the information collected during an experiment?
data
independent variables
controls
hypotheses
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Which Characteristic: Birds fly south for the winter when it starts getting colder and the days are shorter.
Made of cells
Using energy
Maintaining stable internal environment
Responding to the environment
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Which step of the scientific method do you state if your hypothesis was right or wrong and explain the results?
Conclusion
Experiment
Hypothesis
Observation
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Data that are descriptive and involve characteristics that can’t easily be measured
Quantitative data
Qualitative data
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Why is repetition important in science?
Because the results are never right the first time
Because you need to change the independent variable
Because repetition is fun
To make sure results are accurate
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How many characteristics of life must something have to be considered a living thing?
4
All 8
6
2
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An organized process that is used to find answers to questions about the world around us?
Guessing
Scientific Method
Hypothesis
Problem
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How many characteristics of life are there?
6
8
4
2
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To run a controlled experiment on how sleep affects student test scores, you must
vary the amount of sleep and food each group of students eat
vary amount of sleep and keep all other variables the same
vary the type of tests that you give students
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Which Characteristic: Female snakes mate and lay eggs producing offsping.
Using energy
Reproduction
Made of cells
Maintaining stable internal environment
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What is a lot of hypotheses that are supported by many studies
An hypothesis
A theory
An experiment
An observation
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What is the purpose of a controlled experiment?
To confuse students
To test mulitiple variables
To isolate and test only one variable
To make life difficult
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The variable that is changed in an experiment.
Independent variable
Control
Dependent variable
